Joaquín Tuculet (born 8 August 1989 in

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) is an

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player who currently plays for the

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(MLR). He also played for the national Argentina team ''

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'' and the country's

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team, the Jaguares

Tuculet is capable of playing Fullback (rugby union), full-back,

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or fly-half.

Professional career

After

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, Tuculet was selected for Los Jaguares (Argentina A; not to be confused with the Super Rugby team) for the IRB Nations Cup in Romania and was the teams fullback. Tuculet played for

in the

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in Wales and

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in Japan, featuring for Los Pumitas in matches vs Fiji, Ireland, New Zealand and Uruguay as the teams fullback. He got his first cap for Argentina in 2012, playing against Italian Rugby Union team. Joaquín was part of the

squad that competes in the Rugby Championship. He was part of the national teams that competed at the

2015 Rugby World Cup The 2015 Rugby World Cup was the eighth Rugby World Cup, the quadrennial rugby union world championship. The tournament was hosted by England from 18 September to 31 October. Of the 20 countries competing in the World Cup in 2011, there was on ...

and the

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. In September 2020, Tuculet retired from Los Pumas one day after bringing an end to his contract with the

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During early October 2020, the Canadians, Canadian rugby union team

signed Tuculet making him the third

to form part of the team along with Tommy de la Vega and

Manuel Montero Manuel "Pantera" Montero (born November 20, 1991 in Buenos Aires)Manuel player profi ...

References

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